Murder-for-Hire Trial

A federal judge has ruled that newly filed racketeering charges against rapper Lil Durk will be separated from his upcoming murder-for-hire trial, handing the Chicago artiste a significant legal victory ahead of his scheduled court date. U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ruled that allegations connected to a 2019 attempted killing in Atlanta and a 2022 homicide in Chicago will not be presented to the jury during the Los Angeles trial, which is set to…